wee

Example Sentences

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"The island would not be the same without him. He's still bumbling, still a wee bit getting the wrong end of the stick quite a lot."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"I calmed down a wee bit and then I was really, really angry," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Earlier, in the wee hours of Sunday, the US space agency published an image taken by the Artemis crew, showing a distant Moon with the Orientale basin visible.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

I was born in the wee hours of Dec.15, 1980 at St. Mary’s Hospital, now Hoboken University Medical, the same hospital where Frank Sinatra was born.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

A wee little voice called out from inside the labyrinth of roots, a tangle that had, Stella now saw, a hidey-hole in its center.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper